NT437 - New Testament Apocalyptic (Greek Text)

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  • 4
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • new testamentUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

LA004A and LA004B

Corequisites

NT302

Exclusions

NT427

NT428/438 if Revelation has been taken.

Set Text Greek

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses, and the original language set text requirement of the Master of Divinity.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

  1. New Testament apocalyptic writings, especially Revelation: authorship, date, destination, occasion, setting, purpose
  2. The themes and theology of Revelation
  3. Historical, social and theological roots of New Testament apocalyptic
  4. The eschatological perspectives in Revelation
  5. The Greek text of Revelation
  6. The nature and methods of New Testament exegesis

B. Be able to

  1. Use sources such as lexicons, theological dictionaries, grammars, textual analyses, commentaries and on-line resources
  2. Identify the authorship, date and purpose
  3. Translate into English
  4. Evaluate textual variants and issues in the history of the text
  5. Recognise literary form, genre, structure and rhetorical conventions
  6. Utilize the historical, social and cultural contexts
  7. Assign passages to the literary and canonical contexts
  8. Establish the meaning of significant words and phrases in the contexts of New Testament apocalyptic writings
  9. Trace inter-textual references and allusions
  10. Discuss the main themes, arguments and theological teachings
  11. Translate and Exegete the Greek text of a selection of chapters from Revelation

C. Be in a position to

  1. Exegete the Greek text of Revelation for personal understanding and for use in ministry contexts
  2. Integrate perspectives from the New Testament apocalyptic writings and Revelation into biblical interpretation and  Christian thinking
  3. Apply the teaching of the New Testament apocalyptic writings and Revelation to situations and issues in contemporary Christianity and society

Content

  1. The historical, social and theological roots of New Testament Apocalyptic writings, especially the Book of Revelation.
  2. The theology of the Book of Revelation, including such themes as Christology, doctrine of God, judgement and hope.
  3. Translation and exegesis of the Greek text of Revelation 1, 4–7, 12–14, 20–21 (or a comparable block of chapters).

Set Readings

Recommended:

Allison, D. C., Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998).

Bloomquist, L. G. and G. Carey, Vision and Persuasion: Rhetorical Dimensions of Apocalyptic Discourse (St Louis, MO: Chalice, 1999).

Brown, A. R., The Cross and Human Transformation: Paul’s Apocalyptic Work in 1 Corinthians (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995).

deSilva, D. A., Seeing Things John’s Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009).

Martyn, J. L., Theological Issues in the Letters of Paul (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1997) pp 85–156.

McGinn, B. (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism. Vol. II: Apocalypticism in Western History and Culture (New York: Continuum, 1998).

Nicholas, W. C., I Saw the World End : An Introduction to the Bible's Apocalyptic Literature (New York, NY : Paulist Press, 2007).

Russell, D. S., Divine Disclosure: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic (London; SCM, 1992).

Sandy, D. B., Plowshares and Pruning Hooks : Rethinking the Language of Biblical Prophecy and Apocalyptic (Downers Grove, IL. : InterVarsity Press, 2002).

 

Classics

Collins, J. J., The Apocalyptic Imagination (New York: Crossroad, 1989).

 

Commentaries and Studies on Revelation

Barr, D. L., Tales of the End: A Narrative Commentary on the Book of Revelation (Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge, 1998).

Bauckham, R., The Climax of Prophecy: Studies in the Book of Revelation (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1993).

Bauckham, R., The Theology of Revelation (Cambridge; New York: CUP, 1996).

Beale, G. K., John’s Use of the Old Testament in Revelation (Sheffield: SAP, 1999).

Beale, G. K., The Book of Revelation : A Commentary on the Greek Text (Grand Rapids, MI. : Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999).

Blount, B. K., Revelation: A Commentary (Louisville: Westminster John Knox 2009).

Boxall, I., The Revelation of Saint John (London : Continuum, 2006).

Duff, P. B., Who Rides the Beast? Prophetic Rivalry and the Rhetoric of Crisis in the Churches of the Apocalypse (Oxford, New York: OUP, 2001).

Friesen, S. J., Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins (Oxford, New York: OUP, 2001).

Harrington, W. J., Revelation (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1993).

Koester, C. R., Revelation and the End of All Things (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001).

Kraybill, J. N., Imperial Cult and Commerce in Apocalypse (Sheffield: SAP, 1996).

Malina, B. J., On the Genre and Message of Revelation: Star Visions and Sky Journeys (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995).

Osborne, G. R., Revelation (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002).

Thompson, L. L., The Book of Revelation: Apocalypse and Empire (New York: OUP, 1990).

Witherington, B., Revelation (Cambridge; New York: CUP, 2003).